The World Health Organization is recommending the use of malaria bed nets treated with new insecticides in areas with parasite resistance.
Insecticide-treated bed nets are key tools for malaria prevention. Since 2005, over 2 billion of them have been distributed globally. But they have all been treated with one insecticide, pyrethroid. Mosquito resistance to this insecticide in a number of areas now poses a threat to malaria control efforts.
The new recommendations combine pyrethroid with an additional chemical to overcome any resistance.
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Jenny Lei Ravelo@JennyLeiRavelo
Jenny Lei Ravelo is a Devex Senior Reporter based in Manila. She covers global health, with a particular focus on the World Health Organization, and other development and humanitarian aid trends in Asia Pacific. Prior to Devex, she wrote for ABS-CBN, one of the largest broadcasting networks in the Philippines, and was a copy editor for various international scientific journals. She received her journalism degree from the University of Santo Tomas.
